Kitchen utensil



(No Model.)

W. H'. H. SMITH.

KITCHEN UTENSIL. No. 285,439. Patented Sept. 25, 18-83.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

IVILI-JIAM H. H. SMITH, O F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

KITCHEN UTENSIL.

ZIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,439, dated September25, 1883.

Application filed July 17, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. H. SMITH, of Somerville, in the countyof Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Kitchen Utensils, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is anisometrical perspective view Fig. 2, a top plan View; Fig. 3, a sideelevati on; Fig. 4:, a bottom view of the bar detached, and Fig. 5 abottom View of the body with the bar detached.

Like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfiguresof the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of kitchen utensils'which aredesigned for lifting gridthis character is dies, pans, pie-plates, 850.;and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, ashereinafter. more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more effectivedevice of produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, itsextreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

I11 the drawings, A represents the body, and B the bar. The body isflattened on its upper side and the bar on its lower side, and the twopivoted together by a screw at w in such a manner that the bar willswing laterally on the pivot to either side of the body. The bar isprovided at one end with the inclined jaw m and at the opposite end withthe projection (l. The body is flattened and curved downwardly at oneend, as shown at O, the curved portion being cutout, as seen at f, andterminating in the points Z, the opposite end of the body being curvedupwardly, as seen at D, to form a griddle-lift, and provided with theslot a, adapting it for a tack-pull. Attached to the upper side of thebody by the screw it there is a gib, E, provided with twodownwardlycurved prongs, t, which project over the curved end 0, as bestseen in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This gib is grooved on its under side toreceive a fin or spline, k, which projects upwardly from the body A, andby which the gib is prevented from turning or getting out of position.The spline k is extended past the hole 2', which re ceives the screw a,to form the catch a, for securing or locking the bar 13 on the body, the

bar being provided with a groove (not shown) on its under side, at theend opposite the jaw at, so that when it is sprung around intoparallelism with the body, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, the end of the barwill ride upwardly over the catch and the catch fall into the groove,therebylocking the bar in position. An inclined jaw, 2, projects fromthe body near the end D, and at the side of this jaw, beneath the jaw m,there is a depression, y, formed in the body A, for receiving the wireor rim of the pan when the implement is used as a pan-lifter.

In the use of the implement for lifting pieplates the prongs t tarepassed over the upper edge of the plate and under the edge of the pie,the end C extending under the rim of the plate, as seen in Fig. 1. j

For lifting pans the bar Bis swung around, as seen in Fig. 2, and therim inserted in the opening y, after which the jaws m z are closed, andcaused to grasp the body or side of the pan by swinging the bar backinto position, as seen in Fig. 3, the bar being locked by the catch a.

As a griddle-lift and tack-pull the proper method of using the implementwill readily suggest itselfwithout a more explicit descrip tion.

By arranging the jaws m a in the position shown, or on the opposite sideof the body from the end 0,,and curving the end D upward, a good handleis afforded by which to manipulate theutensil when used as a pie-lifter;

and by arranging the end G on that side of .the body opposite thejaws mz, curving it in an opposite direction from the end D, flattening it,and removing a part to form the openingf, a good handle is afforded whenthe implement is used for lifting griddles, &c., with the end D.

In some of the pie-lifters heretofore con structed it is impossible tolift the plate with the pie in it without breaking or injuring the ICOedge of the pie. The plate is also liable to slip or twist out of thejaws of the lifter and be dropped and broken. My invention is designedto obviate this and other objections, and to that end I make use of thegib E, provided with the flaring downwardlycurved prongs t t, whichreadily pass under the edge W the use of the implement either as a plateor griddle lifter.

The gib E, being detachable from the body A, may be readily replaced atsmall expense when one of its prongs is accidentally broken, whereas ifcast integral with the body the whole implement would be rendered nearlyuseless by breaking one of the prongs of the gib.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. The improvedkitchen utensil herein described, the same consisting of the body A,flattened on its upper side and provided at one end with the depressionor openiugi inclined jaw z, and upwardly-curved end or griddlelift D,and at the opposite end with the spline k, catch 1), and flatteneddownwardly-curved end 0, having the points H, in combination with thegib E, grooved on its under side to receive the spline k, and providedwith the downwardly-curved prongs t 1 and the bar B,

2 asacae flattened on its lower side and provided with the inclined jawm, projection d, and a groove for receiving the catch 1;, said bar beingpivoted to the body at w, and all constructed, combined, and arranged tooperate substantially as set forth.

' 2. In a kitchen utensil substantially such as described, aplate-lifter consisting of the curved flattened end 0, having the pointsZ, and the curved prongs t, in combination with the body A,substantially as specified.

3. In a kitchen utensil substantially such as described, the detachablegib E, provided with the curved prongs t and a groove for receiving aspline, in combination with the screw n and body A, provided with thespline k, adapted to enter said groove and prevent the gib from turning,substantially as described.

4. In a kitchen utensil substantially such as described, the bar B,flattened on its lower side, and having an inclined jaw at one end and agroove adapted to receivea catch at the other, said bar being disposedbetween the gib E and jaw z, pivoted at x to the body A, and arranged tooperate substantially as set forth.

5. In. a kitchen utensil substantially such as described, the end D,provided with the slot a, for pulling tacks, substantially as described.

VM. H. H. SMITH.

Vitnesses:

O. A. SHAW, L. J. Vnrrn.

